An architectural rendering of what the Mad Monk Center on Telegraph could look like. Image: Avila Design
The iconic Telegraph Avenue building that formerly housed Cody’s Bookstore could have a new identity before year’s end due to an ambitious project underway by local property owner Ken Sarachan.
Sarachan — who also owns Rasputin Music and Blondie’s Pizza, as well as the vacant lot north of Amoeba Music — describes his “Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media” as a two-story complex with a full-service restaurant, performance space, small flower kiosk, take-out coffee counter and analogue media shop that will bring together “the best assembly of records anywhere in California.”(...)
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Post tags: Avila Design, Cody's Books, Craig Becker, Dusan Motolik, Guest Chef, Ken Sarachan, Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media, Roland Peterson, Scott Cameron, Telegraph Avenue, Telegraph Avenue Business Improvement District